Rise To Stardom

Chapter 209: Awake

Chapter 209: Awake

Troy and Jayce, tweens aged 12 and 11 respectively, bore a striking resemblance to each other and also, had the same passionate hobbies for gaming.

They were also brothers whom had jointly promised late last year, to play [A Pirate's Odyssey] together whenever it released.

Considering the game had an online co-op mode, they figured messing together on its adventurous high seas as sworn pirate brothers would be the coolest thing ever.

However, after [Tech Wiz]'s surprise reveal at the gaming convention three months back, both had ended up having a major disagreement.

Whereas Troy, whom was now obsessed with the comics of [Tech Wiz] after picking it up in preparation for its release, leaned towards playing the superhero game, Jayce, his younger brother, was adamant on playing [A Pirate's Odyssey] together.

A brother's oath he had called their promise and rightfully so, at that.

And so, after a lot of back and forth, the brothers, surprisingly, compromised and settled their disagreement in the most amiable way they knew how.

Rock, paper, scissors.

The result?

Troy, lost woefully to his younger brother in a best of five.

Hence, he was forced to have to play the game with a gloating Jayce who kept teasing him all morning despite his grumbles of disapproval.

"Stop being a sore loser pumpkin. You called the game. You lost, fair and square." Jayce playfully egged his older brother on.

"I'll bite you." Troy retaliated as his younger bro, melodramatically flexed his fingers before his face.

"Ooh~ I'm so scared. Save me." Jayce had a good laugh in response.

In any case, when the time finally came for both to play the game after spending roughly an hour downloading its humongous 200GB file size individually on their gaming rigs, they braced themselves for a jolly good time.

Troy in fact, already had a change of heart, remembering that he truly was hyped for the Pirate RPG game.

Currently sitting in the basement of their house which they had remodeled into a gaming den of sorts, the brothers, pulled their individual chairs closer to their desks in tingly excitement.

However, the moment both launched the game in sync, they frowned.

A day one patch of 5GB had been released for [A Pirate's Odyssey] and apparently, the patch was essential for the game to boot up.

And so, with a small sigh of resignation, they did what was necessary.